Leather strap for handles



(No Model.) l'

F. J. BRING-HAM. 1 LEATHER STRAP FORHANDLBS, HARNESS, &0.

No. 548,031. Patented 001. 15, 1895.

UNTTED STATES PATENT Ormea.

FRIEND J. BRINGHAM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEAMLESS lLEATHER COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

LEATHER STRAP F'OR'HANDLES, HARNESS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,031, dated October15, 1895.

.application ined January 9, 1895 .n

serai No. 524,398. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, FRIEND J. BRINGHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Leather Straps forHandles,

Harness, and the Like, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

1o My invention is an improved strap ofleather made in a rounded orbeaded form and designed for use as handles for valises, bags, orshawl-straps, and also for some parts of a harness for horses, such asthe nosestrap of the I5 bridle.

It consists, essentially, of a strap of leather split longitudinally ina plane parallel to the sides,the split extending from end to end, butnot to the margins, the said strap being expanded to form a rounded orbeaded shape and combined with a filling and with or Without margins andterminal straps.

One form of my invention is illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3, thefirst of which is a longitudinal section of a handle for a shawl-strap.Fig. 2 is a section online 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view. Figs.4 and 45 show a nosestrap embodying the invention. Figs. 5 and 6 showcross-sections of two forms.

In the figures I have shown a piece of leather split longitudinally on aplane parallel with the sides, so as to form a channel through the strapor piece of leather, the margins being left uncut wider or narrower,according to the external form, and these channeled straps are thenexpanded according to the external form required and are filled with anysuitable material, according to the purposev for which the strap isrequired. In almost all of the uses contemplated for this articleconsiderable strength is required, and therefore the Iilling is usuallymade of leather or some fibrous material; butin some cases I use metal.

In Figs. l, 2, and 3 I have shown a beaded strap for a shawl-straphandle. YIn these the raised portion aY is rounded, but the splitterminates at suitable distances from the margin, leaving a ange b oneach side. The under surface is fiat and preferably the margins arecreased, as shown at c, to improve the appearance of the strap. In orderto provide means for connecting this strap to the article With which itis to be combined,I provide on the ends at extensions d. Theseextensions are the unsplit portions of the strap-that is 55 to say, thesplit commences at the points e, between which is the beaded or tubularpart of the strap, which contains the filling f. The openings at e aremade on the under side ofthe strap or that side opposite to the beadedportion in those cases in which the beaded or rounded part is 0n oneside only. In the form shown in Fig.5 a fiange is formed'on one sideonly, and in making this form a wider uncut margin is left on one side,which in the shaping is made to assume the form of the ange g. Thisshape also is provided With the strap extensions d. In Fig. 6 I haveshown the strap as formed into a round shape, the expanded leather strapbeing shown at a and the filling at f. In the form shown at Fig. e theflanges b may be omitted and the beaded strap be a plain half-circle incross-section.

Figs. 1 and 2 show the invention applied to a shawl-strap handle, and inthis form a base- 7; plate 1 of leather is used, bifurcated, as at 2, ateach end, into which fits the ends d of the handle portion. These endsdare slit through laterally, as are also the ends 3 of the base l, andthe ordinary straps are passed through the slits, holding the partstogether. When the base lis omitted, the filling ofthe handle part maybe of metal to give the necessary strength and rigidity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A strap having a seamless channel formed in the thickness of theleather and a lling in said channel forming a raise or bead on thesurface of the leather, substantially as described.

2. A strap having a longitudinal seamless channel open at each endcombined with an expanding filling therein.

3. A strap having a seamless longitudinal channel, an expanding fillingtherein forming a beaded surface and extensions beyond the channel,substantially as described.

4. A strap having a' seamless longitudinal :co

channel anex andin fillinfrthereimforrninfr havin(r lateral 0 eninffstherethroufh sub- 9 Y* b h b t:

a beaded surface, and lateral margins b, substantially as described. iostantially as described. In testimony whereoi:` I affix my signature 5.A strap having a seamless longitudinal in presence of two witnesses. 5channel, a fiat lower face and a filling eXpand- F. J. BRINGHAM.

ing the upper face, substantially as described. W'itnesses:

G. A strap having a longitudinal channel, HENRY E. COOPER,

a filling therein and seamless end portions JAMES M. SPEAK.

